Hillary says the phrase is dead, but the proof is in the pudding. From ABC:
The clarity with which the language has changed hasn't been fully reflected in the policies the president has pursued. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the president is formulating policies that some of his liberal critics say could have been promulgated by his predecessor.Yeah yeah, not everything will change overnight, but this does mean that this administration will ratchet down the propaganda, and that's a good thing. Policy based on facts, on sound data, on science. The more our governance becomes, again, fact-based, the more we the people can hold our government accountable. You can argue facts, you can't argue with a demagogue (though you can throw all of their asses out of office).
While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters matter-of-factly this week that the term "war on terror" isn't being used by the Obama administration, the president has yet to find an easy replacement.
In addition, the death of the term "enemy combatants" was announced in a legal filing earlier this month that nonetheless upheld the administration's right to detain those suspected of assisting al Qaeda.
